Table 3. Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I, Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2015

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December 2017

Selected Statistics From the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2015–16

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Table 3.	Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I, Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2015–16


		School type
State or jurisdiction	Total number of operating schools¹	Regular	Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education	Charter	Magnet	Title I²	Title I schoolwide²
Reporting states³	98,456	89,644	2,011	1,419	5,382	6,857	3,237	68,614	53,669

Alabama	1,509	1,326	34	68	81	0	40	‡	‡
Alaska	508	478	3	3	24	28	32	358	337
Arizona	2,284	1,963	20	242	59	552	0	1,724	1,306
Arkansas	1,088	1,052	4	26	6	65	30	988	924
California	10,303	8,936	151	74	1,142	1,224	504	7,339	5,640

Colorado	1,862	1,756	6	6	94	226	28	690	539
Connecticut	1,369	1,062	168	17	122	24	85	608	270
Delaware	223	198	13	6	6	28	3	151	151
District of Columbia	228	216	3	0	9	115	6	186	181
Florida	4,322	3,716	174	53	379	653	536	3,109	2,950

Georgia	2,297	2,237	19	0	41	82	80	1,630	1,548
Hawaii	290	288	1	0	1	34	†	192	192
Idaho	744	635	18	14	77	54	19	576	504
Illinois	4,175	3,929	108	0	138	64	105	3,312	2,095
Indiana	1,921	1,863	22	28	8	88	30	1,510	1,219

Iowa	1,349	1,324	3	0	22	3	0	923	512
Kansas	1,320	1,315	4	0	1	10	32	1,137	873
Kentucky	1,541	1,230	8	121	182	†	66	1,119	1,084
Louisiana	1,390	1,341	32	12	5	138	36	1,239	1,212
Maine	611	582	2	27	0	7	1	527	392

Maryland	1,437	1,329	37	27	44	50	97	800	704
Massachusetts	1,862	1,796	7	38	21	81	‡	1,061	596
Michigan	3,468	2,962	187	4	315	370	386	2,302	1,523
Minnesota	2,478	1,686	292	9	491	216	80	965	454
Mississippi	1,076	915	2	91	68	2	17	738	736

Missouri	2,424	2,247	53	63	61	70	29	1,887	1,569
Montana	823	817	2	0	4	†	0	720	436
Nebraska	1,085	1,009	25	0	51	†	†	454	345
Nevada	662	610	14	0	38	47	44	349	347
New Hampshire	490	490	0	0	0	31	1	434	164

New Jersey	2,588	2,384	64	56	84	89	0	1,764	553
New Mexico	884	846	6	0	32	99	†	788	767
New York	4,824	4,618	131	21	54	256	‡	3,578	2,937
North Carolina	2,603	2,498	24	7	74	158	123	2,112	1,987
North Dakota	518	474	31	13	0	†	†	259	109

Ohio	3,619	3,495	51	73	0	373	-	2,887	2,267
Oklahoma	1,800	1,791	4	0	5	45	†	1,602	1,112
Oregon	1,242	1,209	1	0	32	126	†	572	486
Pennsylvania	3,019	2,925	4	84	6	175	50	2,417	1,707
Rhode Island	313	297	1	10	5	29	†	241	154

South Carolina	1,248	1,185	9	42	12	68	111	587	587
South Dakota	698	651	12	3	32	0	†	588	329
Tennessee	1,859	1,806	16	15	22	100	126	1,575	1,516
Texas	8,826	7,872	14	0	940	702	258	7,080	6,770
Utah	1,033	935	64	6	28	117	22	321	250

Vermont	314	298	0	15	1	†	2	226	200
Virginia	2,133	1,864	53	89	127	7	140	737	584
Washington	2,427	1,998	96	20	313	9	-	1,535	1,283
West Virginia	744	682	3	30	29	†	0	350	348
Wisconsin	2,255	2,147	12	6	90	242	8	2,205	833
Wyoming	370	361	3	0	6	0	0	162	87

Department of Defense Education Activity, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

Department of Defense (DoDEA)	173	173	0	0	0	†	0	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	174	174	0	0	0	†	0	-	-
American Samoa	28	27	0	1	0	0	-	-	-
Guam	41	40	0	0	1	†	†	0	†
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	1,322	1,262	18	32	10	†	†	1,303	1,235
U.S. Virgin Islands	28	27	0	1	0	†	1	†	†
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data missing for more than 80 percent of schools in the state or jurisdiction.
¹ Total number of operating schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of operating schools shared with the BIE include one in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² Schools eligible for Title I schoolwide programs are also included in the count of all Title I eligible schools. A Title I eligible school is one in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least 35 percent of children from low-income families served by the LEA as a whole. A schoolwide Title I eligible school has a percentage of low-income students that is at least 40 percent. For the complete definitions, see Appendix B: Glossary.
³ A "reporting states" total is shown if data for any item in the table were not available for some, but not more than 15 percent, of all schools in the United States.
NOTE: Every school is assigned a school type based on its instructional emphasis; numbers and types of schools may differ from those published by states. See Appendix B: Glossary. A school may also be included under the Charter, Magnet, and/or Title I statuses, which are independent of one another and of school type.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey", 2015-16, Provisional Version 1a.

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